As we covered recently, IPv4 addresses on the internet are running out, and the transition to IPv6 is growing ever more urgent. Today, APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry charged with allocating IP addresses to the...

In an incredible act of desperation, Microsoft announced today its intention to spend $7.5 million on IPv4 addresses from Nortel. The telecom company has begun selling off its assets, including 666,624 IPv4 addresses to Microsoft,...

Time has just been called on allocations for IPv4 address space, with the last two available ranges being assigned to APNIC, the RIR responsible for allocations in the Asian and Pacific regions.
These blocks are 39.x.x.x...

On Wednesday, a number of large websites from around the Internet joined the Internet Society to announce World IPv6 day, a 24-hour test period where all the agreed websites will enable the IPv6 protocol alongside...

We've all known it's been coming for a long time now, there's even a new, alternative IP addressing scheme that's been developed and implemented -- IPv6 -- but adoption has been slow, and now, things...

On Monday, the Number Resource Organization announced that adopting IPv6 addresses was now more important than ever.
The news came as it was announced that IPv4 addresses are down to the last 5% of availability. The...

According to John Curran, president and CEO of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN), the Internet will run out of IPv4 addresses to allocate in less than a year. The sentiment was echoed by...